the people on the bus go 'round and 'round

There are two buses running in Rarotonga at any given point in time – well, at least during the hours of operation, which are different nearly every day and include a break for dinner. There's the clockwise bus and the anti-clockwise bus, and they run exactly as their names imply. The anti-clockwise bus was made for miniature people, and the clockwise bus was just made a really long time ago. The bus drivers wear festive flower-print shirts, will drop you off anywhere you want – if you've missed your stop, they'll even turn around and take you back - and will give you advice on anything Rarotongan, unless you ask Tupu for good snorkeling spots because he claims he'll rust if he goes in the water.

We spend a fair amount of time waiting for the buses, since they only come once per hour and run on island time. The good thing about a circular island is you can take either bus and eventually get where you want to go.

Photo: Self-portrait while waiting for the bus after our second grocery shopping trip of the week.